The Garden Fence - help and support in tough times

shanks77

Have fun Mar

mardatha

My god shanks, yur up early - or goin to bed late!

FairyPrincessk

Morning all,

Mar I hope you have a great time and that the RV behaves himself.


Pops, we need to purchase a grass trimmer but it just keeps getting pushed to the bottom of the list. We sometimes borrow FIL's and sometimes the grass looks very scruffy, but we're reluctant to buy one given we may not have grass when we move. If we could foresee living in this house for three years when we moved it we probably would have done it but for the very tiny amount of grass we have it just doesn't quite make sense. Sometimes I get out the kitchen shears.

I've had a bit of trouble logging on to MSE the past couple of days and sometimes my posts are getting timed out. Monnagran mentioned on another thread she was having a similar issue so perhaps not just me.

I've gotten lots of work done this week, so feeling quite good about that. This weekend OH and I have set ourselves a challenge. We each cook tea one day and we each have a set amount we can spend on food to make the best, most luxurious meal we can. I'm planning a sunny walk to a large supermarket tomorrow to gather my materials but haven't actually worked out what I'm going to make yet. Pretty sure OH is going to make burgers, wedges and coleslaw given he has been saying he wants to get to grips with posh burgers for awhile. We're going out very little this month so that we can spend our money while we're down in London, so it seemed like a good compromise of something fund to do, nice to eat and pretty much for the price of our bus fares to go somewhere.

I'd like to see the Fashion on the Ration exhibit at the Imperial War museum. Has anyone seen it, and is it very good? I'm a bit worried I'll pay the admission and then it will just be a few posters about women cutting down clothes and a CC41 dress or two. I want to see real re-made clothes and see a break down of how it was done. I guess I'm too demanding.

Popperwell

FairyPrincessk wrote: »

Pops, we need to purchase a grass trimmer but it just keeps getting pushed to the bottom of the list. We sometimes borrow FIL's and sometimes the grass looks very scruffy, but we're reluctant to buy one given we may not have grass when we move. If we could foresee living in this house for three years when we moved it we probably would have done it but for the very tiny amount of grass we have it just doesn't quite make sense. Sometimes I get out the kitchen shears.

I've had a bit of trouble logging on to MSE the past couple of days and sometimes my posts are getting timed out. Monnagran mentioned on another thread she was having a similar issue so perhaps not just me.

I'd like to see the Fashion on the Ration exhibit at the Imperial War museum. Has anyone seen it, and is it very good? I'm a bit worried I'll pay the admission and then it will just be a few posters about women cutting down clothes and a CC41 dress or two. I want to see real re-made clothes and see a break down of how it was done. I guess I'm too demanding.

I still have to try the strimmer but in time perhaps I will buy a mower and take it slow(pace myself)as I can stop whenever I like when there is only me but if does the trick for now...great! As I said there is someone I know older by around 20yrs and really ill and he does still his garden slowly.

I can do the front lawn quickly(and its quite small)the back garden I can do in stages and its not seen by many. And those who decide whether you are fit(and you know that you're not)won't see you doing "Work" but it keeps you mentally interested. I couldn't do it on a regular bases.

An hour here, an hour there.

Still quite happy and positive here(all things considered)

I cheated last night(I don't eat offal)but I gave in and had a ready meal of Lamb's Liver, Bacon, Colcannon Mash, Onion Gravy. It was tasty, wish it had been a bit larger but it was enough in really and not bad for £1.50. And quickly cooked in the microwave.

I'd had trouble with the MSE site and lost a post because I didn't understand how to save/get it back when it timed out and wasn't expecting that to happen but the retry button worked after that. But another trick I do these days now is copy a post and if its lost, I bring the box up again and paste the text and post it again immediately and it usually appears.

Your trip to London sounds a lovely treat and that exhibition too. You may've seen Durham Cathedral are showing the Magna Carta for the next 6wks or so and I'm debating whether to go but its not cheap but how often do you see a piece of history but I wonder what else will be on display as the book will probably be in a case and open on one page and I hope there is more to see.

I'm at the free charity concert there tonight with the RAF band. Expecting to have to hang around in the bus station afterwards as the buses home only run hourly. I'll be OK on the bus to and from the event and probably in the concert too but its a bit of a trek to the Cathedral and back especially the last part which is very steep and takes it out of me.

There is a bus that takes you to the cathedral but it doesn't run after 4pm and I don't believe it runs on a weekend(certainly not on a Sunday)

The concert starts at 7.30pm but the doors open at 6.30pm so to allow getting a decent seat(and how long the journey will take and my walk)I will have to think of leaving home no later than 5pm. That gives me 45mins for the journey and upto 45 mins to walk to the Cathedral with stops along the way.

If I can find another bus route that gets me halfway to the cathedral being early that all helps.

shanks77

mardatha wrote: »

My god shanks, yur up early - or goin to bed late!

Neither Mar work night shift so was having a *ahem* break lol

camelot1001

Hope you're enjoying your concert Popperwell.

Everything went wrong here for 24 hours, broke a favourite mug, the greenhouse tipped up and all the plants went everywhere, the wheelie bin lid blew open and the seagulls emptied it and was told something at work that I am not happy about. Small, insignificant things I suppose but it's funny how you feel when things don't go the way you want.

Anyway, things are now on the up, I finished a really good book I was reading and the sun has shone this afternoon, I even managed to cut the grass - that was nearly tickling my knees!

Popperwell

camelot1001 You've had one of those kind of days *hugs* which we all do. A good concert but it finished so late I couldn't get to a taxi rank and catch one that would've got me to the bus station to connect to an earlier bus and I'm slow walking but with lots of time to fill before the last bus I took my time...instead of being home around 11pm(ish)I tiredly entered my home at Midnight Thirty. We were told to let the dignitaries in the reserved seats out first and that delayed me too.


Some parts of Durham City were still busy at 10pm but even the busiest areas are not as busy as they once were, some big venues closed by 10.30pm.


I am doing nothing today unless I test the grass strimmer out. I may be able to do the front lawn at least. I put it together quickly but was beaten by one lone screw that would not line up with a hole. Whilst having a coffee a few minutes ago I gave it another try...success!

Jazee

Good morning fencers. We've had a lovely couple of days here so I've been out in the garden planting and weeding. A bit windy today but I'm still going to be outside, the sun is shining. I'll spend enough time indoors when I'm back at the paid stuff next week.

Oh, and I've been taking lots of breaks for a cuppa and fig roll.

Hope everyone is ok. Have a lovely weekend.

FairyPrincessk

Morning all,

Pops, London will be nice although in all honesty this is me making lemonade out of lemons. The work event came up last minute and I was compelled to say yes even though it hadn't been budgeted for and it was going to be a struggle to get the work finished in time. I'm working quite hard right now. OH was away on a school trip when it came up and I had to make a decision--a decision which he agreed had to be yes in the circumstances. I suggested that since I was already buying a ticket down we make a weekend of it. We've wanted to go down for awhile, but the train tickets are so eye-wateringly expensive. I managed to find a budget hotel that is quite central though. I have heard about the Magna Carta exhibit. I've never been to Durham. Afraid it isn't in the cards this summer but perhaps one day. It sounds lovely.

Jazee, glad you're still enjoying your fig rolls.

Camelot--I'm feeling better about the height of our grass now. Glad things have turned a corner.

I've had a minor set back in attempting to use our Mr. T voucher online but I'm not to be foiled. We'll do the shop tomorrow on foot and use it that way. I've made the list and menu plan so we'll be saving approximately two weeks shopping budget this way, all to be enjoyed in London.

I've a load of wash in and I'm about to head to our local pound shop for a few bits and then OH and I will set off for the big Ms. S supermarket after lunch for our weekend cook off. We have leftover feta and chili salad for lunch and OH has said he'll make omelettes if it needs padding out.

I've a loose plan for a spinach and berry salad with a lemon poppy seed dressing, chorizo and goat cheese ravioli and I'm still trying to decide between puddings. I have a couple of citrus tart recipes, a baked cheesecake or a chocolate whiskey layer cake all milling around my head. I fully intend to scour the deals and whoopsies though and if something else takes my fancy I might just cook that instead. I've only made pasta from scratch once, so I'm not terribly confident but that is half the fun, isn't it? I think OH is still planning burgers, wedges and coleslaw although when I told him my menu last night he said, Pudding? we have to get pudding into the budget?:eek: Then he said he figured he could get a couple of donuts for 60p each. :rotfl: It should be a tasty weekend if nothing else.

mardatha

I wish to god somebody would bake me a cheesecake. Right this minute I am sweet and cake deprived!!!